Name a candidate in recent memory who has been able to avoid the press for 10 days and not get criticized for it. You can’t. But Obama has done it.
Of course, when the press en masse whines about the tough questioning of Obama during a televised debate, you sort of know where they stand.
UPDATE: Relatedly, Captain Ed opines on why Obama canceled his North Carolina debate with Hillary:
I’d say that it leaves the prospects very clear — Obama will not debate Hillary any longer. And the reasons are pretty clear after last Wednesday’s debacle in Pennsylvania. Obama simply doesn’t fare well when forced to defend himself extemporaneously. He gets almost incoherent, and not just on the supposed “distraction†questions, but also on policy His answers on capital-gains tax increases had Hillary smiling and the rest of the nation wondering if he had bothered to study the issue at all.
